1. DRAFT COPY
      2. ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL
      3. MINUTES
      4. MAY 11, 1999
      5. 7:30 P.M.
      6. CLERK’S REPORT:
      7. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:
      8. ROMULUS BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
      9. MAY 11, 1999
      10. DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION REPORT:
      11. DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION REPORT:
      12. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
      13. LEAVE OF ABSENCE:
      14. ROMULUS BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
      15. MAY 11, 1999
      16. RESIGNATION:
      17. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS: As Recommended by Mr. Manaseri
      18. CSE RECOMMENDATIONS: As Recommended by Mrs. Quinn
      19. Chris Manaseri for
      20. LEANNE KEEL
      21. DISTRICT CLERK



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ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL



MINUTES



MAY 11, 1999



7:30 P.M.
 

PRESENT: Michael Karlsen - President; Norman Hollenbeck; Anne Morgan; Cornelia Johnson; Rhonda Dickenson; Laurie Asermily (Left at 8:30 p.m.); Harold Serven; Harry Gleason
 
ABSENT: Thomas Riley - Vice-President
 
OTHERS PRESENT: Christopher B. .Manaseri - Superintendent; Barbara Quinn - Director of Elementary Education; Michael Midey - Director of Secondary Education
 
Mr. Karlsen called the meeting to order in the Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., and welcomed visitors. He stated that this was the Annual Budget Hearing and a Question/Answer session on the proposed $6,104,058 1999-2000 spending plan, as well as a Meet the Candidates opportunity.
 



CLERK’S REPORT:
 1.1 Meet the Candidates
Four seats are open on the Board with the following incumbent candidates running: Rhonda Dickenson, Cornelia Johnson, Anne Morgan and Michael Karlsen.
This session ended at 8:30 p.m., with the Board members adjourning to the Board Room for the remainder of the business meeting.
 
 1.2M Approval of Minutes of April 28, 1999
Motion made by Mr. Karlsen, seconded by Mrs. Johnson, and carried unanimously.
 1.3M Questions & Approval of Warrants
Motion made by Mr. Karlsen, seconded by Mrs. Johnson, and carried unanimously.
 



SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:
 2.1M Conference approval for Superintendent Christopher Manaseri and any Board members (and spouses) to attend the Rural Schools Conference, Cooperstown, July 11-13, 1999 at a cost of $125 per person registration and $158.50 per person for room, plus meal expenses.
Motion made by Mrs. Dickenson, seconded by Mr. Hollenbeck, and carried unanimously.
 2.2M Authorization for the Superintendent to enter into an agreement with Colacino Electric of Newark for the purchase of equipment for video monitoring of main entrances to the school building

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in an amount not to exceed $4900.00, and for the Business Manager to
transfer funds for same. Such monitoring system to be in place by the end of the school year, and tied to the school’s computer network to allow multiple access points to video input from all cameras. This request is in partial response to the renewed concern for school safety and is supported by the school’s insurer and risk manager.
Motion made by Mr. Karlsen, seconded by Ms. Morgan, and carried unanimously.
 2.3RS RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Romulus Central School District hereby designates the Board of Education of the Lyons Central School District (“Lyons”) as the Lead Educational Agency (“LEA”) with full authority to act on behalf of and as agent for the Romulus Central School District in conjunction with the school districts comprising the Finger Lakes District Learning Consortium (“the Consortium”) with respect to the Consortium’s application to the United States Department of Agriculture for a Distance Learning Grant (“the Grant”), RUS# New York 706 A16 and A18, and all matters related thereto.
Motion made by Mr. Karlsen, seconded by Mrs. Dickenson, and carried unanimously.
 



DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION REPORT:
 4.1 Update
Mrs. Quinn commended Mrs. Lynch and her 2nd grade class on winning 1st Prize in the State Senate’s I*ma*GREEN*nation Celebration & their trip to Albany, NY on May 19th. In addition, all Board members received a copy of the 1999 Artists & Authors Elementary Literary publication.
 



DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION REPORT:
 4.2 Update
Mr. Midey reported on the Senior trip to Florida, piloting English Regents May 24th, and various end-of-year preparations and testings.
 



ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
 13.1 Update
Mr. Midey stated that signup for Fall Sports has begun with high numbers for JV Boys’ Soccer anticipated.
 



LEAVE OF ABSENCE:
 7.1RS RESOLVED that the Board of Education of Romulus Central School, in order to preserve the employment of key personnel and the benefits to the District of their longevity and expertise, offers a two-year leave of absence from their present positions as Account Clerk and Treasurer respectively, to Bonnie Saunders and Gloria Mincer, effective July 1, 1999 and valid until June 30, 2001, while

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these personnel transfer employment to the Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES as party to the Consolidated Business Office currently being configured. These leaves of absence are offered in order to allow these specific personnel to return to these specific positions in the event that the Consolidated Business Office ceases to function, or in the event that Romulus Central School declines to participate in its operations further at any time during these two years.
Motion made by Mrs. Dickenson, seconded by Mrs. Johnson, and carried unanimously.
 



RESIGNATION:
 7.2RG Michael Midey - Science Teacher, effective May 11, 1999. (Mr. Midey will continue in his capacity as Director of Secondary Education, Adult Education & Athletics).
Motion made by Mr. Karlsen, seconded by Mrs. Dickenson, and carried unanimously.
 7.3RG Beverly Delong - School Bus Monitor, effective May 18, 1999
Motion made by Mr. Karlsen, seconded by Mr. Hollenbeck, and carried unanimously.
 



PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS: As Recommended by Mr. Manaseri
 6.1RS RESOLVED that Martin Rotz, currently a long-term substitute for Mr. Midey in Secondary Science, be appointed to a probationary position in Secondary Science, effective May 12, 1999, with continuance of salary and benefits as established in his original appointment of September 8, 1998, Page 1012, Item 6.2RS.
Motion made by Mrs. Dickenson, seconded by Mr. Karlsen, and carried unanimously.
 



CSE RECOMMENDATIONS: As Recommended by Mrs. Quinn
 9.1M Approval of CSE recommendations as listed in the Minutes of April 9 and April 15, 1999
Motion made by Mr. Karlsen, seconded by Mrs. Dickenson, and carried unanimously.
 
Motion to adjourn at 9:30 p.m. made by Mr. Karlsen, seconded by Mrs. Johnson, and carried unanimously.
 
 
 
 



Chris Manaseri for



LEANNE KEEL



DISTRICT CLERK

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